Why does Television New Zealand think we would be interested over here anyway? Our own version 'New Zealand Idol' is only worth watching to see how high the contestants hopes can rise before they all inevitably disappear from public memory.

ever. not even if people had a gun to my head and told me to watch American Idol right then or they would blow my brains across the screen quicker than i could say "simon cowell". not even then.*
and do you know why? because just thinking about it makes me feel sad...